Sheepwash Channel
Sheepwash Channel connects the River Thames to the west and the Castle Mill Stream next to the Oxford Canal to the east (linked through Isis Lock),[1] in west Oxford, England.[2] To the north are Cripley Meadow (largely allotments) and Fiddler's Island. To the south are Osney Island and the Botley Road.
The Cherwell Valley Line and Cotswold Line cross the channel just north of Oxford railway station on Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge.[2] Just to the east, there is Rewley Road Swing Bridge,[1] a swing bridge for the former Buckinghamshire Railway line of London and North Western Railway, that used to serve the Oxford Rewley Road railway station, which was on the site of the Saïd Business School.[3][4] Rewley Road Bridge also crosses Sheepwash Channel.
The Isis Lock just to the north of the eastern end of Sheepwash Channel connects the Castle Mill Stream and the Oxford Canal,[1] allowing access between the Oxford Canal and the River Thames via the channel for boats. At the western end is a footbridge over Sheepwash Channel, forming part of the Thames Path.[5]
Gallery
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Rail swing bridge , Oxford - geograph.org.uk - 1610161.jpg
The Sheepwash Channel with the old swing bridge and the newer railway bridge.
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Oxford - LNWR Swing Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 95063.jpg
The old swing bridge and the newer railway bridge over the Sheepwash Channel.
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Swing bridge over the canal - geograph.org.uk - 1405691.jpg
The swing bridge in the open position on the north bank of the Sheepwash Channel.
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Rail swing bridge , Oxford - geograph.org.uk - 1610155.jpg
View of the swing bridge over Sheepwash Channel in 1977 when it was still in operation.
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River Thames or Isis, Oxford - geograph.org.uk - 320200.jpg
The River Thames just south of the western entrance to the Sheepwash Channel (under the arched footbridge).
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Isis Lock, Oxford - geograph.org.uk - 320206.jpg
The Isis Lock that connects the Oxford Canal with Sheepwash Channel via a short stretch of the Castle Mill Stream.
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Oxford railway station MMB 03.jpg
Looking north along the railway line from Oxford railway station over Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge.
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